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Virtual Staging & Virtual Room Programs

Are you a visual learner? If you're selling your home or considering it, check out the link below from Realtor.com of before and after images of virtually staging a home. Staging a home can help buyers visualize what it would look like for them to live in your home.

If you're buying a home and aren't sure about how to arrange your furniture, consider using an app or online program to plan your layout ideas. My current go to program is floor planner, but the following two links have other programs I'd consider trying and using, like Autodesk Homestyle or Home Design 3D.

Looking for more ideas? Check out HGTV's 20 (Almost!) Free Living Room Updates! They suggest making some small changes like adding graphics to a wall using a stencil and paint or displaying beach souvenirs on a table!

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I thought they all still lived at home?
Turns out our vision of millennials may be changing.
Some of them, after all, are 35 years old.
More and more we are hearing about Millennials and how traditional and optimistic they are.
It is refreshing to see a younger crowd that believes in homeownership.
Maybe they are not all wanting to live in a rented 500 square foot apartment after all.

Here is an article that was written this year by: Eric Rosenbaum of CNN

Millennial money myths: The truth about homes, cars and ownershipEric Rosenbaum
When it comes to trying to get inside the head of millennials, don't buy the buzz about the "don't own" economy.
The success of start-ups like Netflix, Spotify and Uber have led to predictions that future Americans will choose not to own and drastically shape the future consumer society. But when it comes to big purchases — the kind that can be very good or very bad financial decisions — millennials are not that different than past gen…